Internet Parenting, What can I do? What’s my responsibility?
The internet has a huge influence in our day to day lives – impacting us both negatively and positively.
Although it’s hard to control internet usage, there are steps you can take to manage the amount of control it has over your household. Our internet safety talks for kids and parents being one of them.
Webcam Covers – Why you need to get yourself protected
These days every laptop comes with a built-in webcam. We love webcams because they have made it possible for us to stay in contact with our loved ones not only verbally but visually. Online meetings with overseas clients have also become more personal. Job interviews can now be held remotely and online tutoring classes have become more practicable.
The Internet never forgets, The Public never forgives
Every day we learn that large Tech companies including Facebook, Amazon, Google, Snapchat, Microsoft fail to defend our privacy (and appear to many, as simply not caring) and many openly sell and share our data which means anyone who buys advertising.
75% of us, don’t care about our personal internet safety
Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe really annoyed
Prime Minister, Theresa May, when she was Home Secretary. She agreed with his stance on cybercrime, but not the way he went about it. He suggested Police would be slow to investigate online security crimes where the individuals failed to take online protection seriously especially having an ‘upto date’ antivirus. He openly backed banks, credit card providers doing the same, not refunding customers losses. She disliked the way he went about it, she’s not so so keen on the other guy in the photo below either.
Internet Safety Talks for Kids ages 2nd – 4th Class (Age 6-9)
Children are vulnerable, but they are even more vulnerable if they are not equipped with the knowledge to protect themselves.
We explain the importance of friend selection online. Often children accept friend requests from people they don’t know simply because they want to increase their number of friends online.
Internet Safety Talks for Children – 5th, 6th Class (Age 10-12)
For ages 10-12, we chat to classes about both platforms and what they have to be careful of and why these platforms pose a risk for them. Children often create multiple accounts and neglect important privacy settings. Our talks help kids understand the importance of their privacy and why it’s dangerous and “uncool” to showcase their lives online.
Internet Safety Talks about Sexting
One of the topics we speak about during our internet safety talk for teens is sexting – both children and teens are doing it, and we need to help them understand the serious implications of it.
THE TROUBLE WITH TIKTOK
The problem is quite simple. TikTok’s minimum age is 13, Tiktok does nothing during the sign-up process to check – meaning huge numbers of children join below the required age with no legal protection. TikTok also serves adverts and recommendations which may not be suitable for children. Families will find it is difficult to contact TikTok to get videos taken down.
Even truthful 13-year-olds are then given an option to make their accounts public.
Finally, the list you really need!
Text is one of the main ways kids avoid being caught by parents. Text is now commonplace in everything so much so it’s officially becoming part of the language. 102. 420 – Marijuana, 104. CD9 – Code 9 – it means parents are around, 108. NIFOC – Nude In Front Of The Computer
Internet Safety for Pre Schoolers
Babies, Toddlers & Pre Schoolers on Devices
Nowadays kids are being introduced to Phones in the maternity ward. New parents have to manage their new life parenting, work and technology including phones which in many cases are required by work so the phone can’t be avoided. As well as having to look after your newborn, you have to juggle how to manage your babies exposure to devices and the internet.